Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The government of Chhattisgarh has taken the Centre to court for allegedly infringing upon the state’s mining rights through a provision in the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960. In a writ petition filed last week, the state asked Delhi High Court to declare Rule 55 (4) of the Mineral Concession Rules …
New Delhi Let companies engaged in coal mining for captive use earmark an amount equal to a fraction of the royalty they pay the states for the benefit of affected communities in the mining areas, instead of 26% of post-tax profits as suggested earlier, the coal ministry has said. It …
Samaj Parivarthana Samudaya president S R Hiremath has said the National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources (NCPNR), which has been spearheading the movement against illegal mining in the State, has acquired some crucial documents that will expose more illegal land transactions by Reddy brothers and their associates. Addressing a …
Justice MB Shah Commission of Enquiry on illegal mining of iron and manganese ores has in this first interim report suggested a ban on exports of iron and manganese ores to conserve the mineral for posterity. The Government of India has set up Shri Justice M. B. Shah Commission of …
BHUBANESWAR: The Director of Mines has now been designated by the State Government as the registering authority of trucks or any other vehicle used for transportation of minerals by road. A notification issued by the Steel and Mines Department on Tuesday maintained that all persons and companies owning trucks or …
Minister questions Mines department's description of excess production as handling of dumps Leader of the Opposition and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manohar Parrikar on Thursday expressed shock over what he described as a “blatantly false” affidavit filed in the High Court by the Goa Mines and Geology Department early …
New Delhi Miners’ riches will soon have to be shared with the people affected by their activity. The Cabinet on Friday gave its approval to a Bill which proposes to make it mandatory for mining companies to compensate the local population impacted by mining operations. The Bill will be introduced …
Other miners to share royalty, as cabinet clears draft mining Bill; industry frets. In a landmark decision that will impact the entire mining and mineral-based industry in the country, the government on Friday announced an overhaul of the law governing the sector. The new framework will introduce a benefit-sharing regime …
Ranchi, Sept. 30: A representative organisation of companies with mining interests has criticised Jharkhand’s decision to ask the Centre to ban export of iron ore by captive as well as non-captive lease holders, throwing up yet another challenge to the Arjun Munda government. The Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI), …
New Delhi The Union Cabinet is set to clear a slew of important legislation and amendments on Friday. On the agenda is the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulatory (MMDR) Bill, 2010, amendment to the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010, amendment to the Press and Registration of Books …
New Delhi:The Union Cabinet is set to approve a law that will provide more rights to tribals for the beginning and end of mining activity besides providing Rs 10,000 crore annually to 60 tribal-dominated districts. The bill for the new mining law and the repeal of the Mines and Minerals …
This is the note for Carbinet on Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011. A Bill to consolidate and amend the law relating to the scientific development and regulation of mines and minerals under the control of the Union.
This report gives insights into the issues faced by the mining sector in India, and suggests the way forward for the industry. The mining sector, in many countries, has been resilient despite the global financial crisis and has contributed substantially to the recovery of their economies. For an emerging country …
The all-powerful iron ore mining mafia of Karnataka has hurled red dust into the eyes of democratic India with impunity, and for long. Convinced of their invincibility, the Reddy brothers, along with their mentors and cohorts, have ravaged the state’s rich mines. Between April 2006 and July 2010 the state …
Karnataka’s Lokayukta Santosh Hegde’s report is a sordid story on the rise of India’s mining poster boy, Bellary. The protagonists of the script, the Reddy brothers, used muscle and money to grease their way through government departments. Initially, it was all gold. But Hegde’s report exposed the dingy substrate of …
A bill that promises direct benefit to people from the minerals underneath their land is ready to be tabled in Parliament this monsoon session. The Group of Ministers gave it a nod on July 7 after minor changes in the contentious profit-sharing provision, which requires mining companies to shell out …
The new Mines and Mineral Development and Regulation (MMDR) Bill, 2011 will ensure that the industry shares its profits with affected people. This is a special report by Down To Earth on this bill that will make mining companies shell out Rs 10,500 crore a year for affected people. New …
Sustainable mining is an oxymoron. Environmentalists will tell you this. Mining—coal to limestone—takes away forests, devastates mountains and leaves the land pockmarked. It also destroys livelihoods of people and displaces them. Worse, modern, mechanised mining takes away livelihood based on land but does not replace it with local employment—all estimates …
